{"id":25389,"date":"2025-01-16T14:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25389"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:55:48","slug":"who-advocates-for-financial-protection-on-universal-health-coverage-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/who-advocates-for-financial-protection-on-universal-health-coverage-day\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Advocates for Financial Protection on Universal Health Coverage Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracy Romalho | December 2, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 12, countries around the globe observed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of equitable access to essential health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) focused on the critical need for financial protection to ensure health services are available without causing financial hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO\u2019s Director-General, highlighted that approximately half of the world&#8217;s population is unable to access one or more essential health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that two billion people experience financial strain due to out-of-pocket health expenditures, forcing families to choose between healthcare and basic needs, such as food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ghebreyesus reiterated that health is a fundamental human right and the foundation for sustainable development, stressing that access to necessary health services without financial hardship should be a reality for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO is working toward a world where everyone can receive healthcare without facing financial ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme for this year&#8217;s UHC Day, &#8220;Health: It\u2019s on the government,&#8221; calls for stronger commitments from governments to ensure that all citizens can access the health services they need, regardless of their financial situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UHC Day serves as a reminder of the ongoing global effort to make universal health coverage a reality for all people, regardless of their income or social status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Romalho | December 2, 2024 On December 12, countries around the globe observed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25391,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25389\/revisions\/25391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}